La Grande evening observer., August 06, 1912, Image 4

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1912.
?MOR FOUR
OTJANDK EVENING OBSERVER,
TilE OBSERVER
P F UCE DENNIS
11)1 TOB AD OWNEB.
XiAerPd at tlie puMofflre at La Grande,
Oregon, an second cling matter
SUBSCitilTION RATES.
JMly, single cniyr fie
Van;, per w' 13c
Daily, per ninntli l.r
SOME (;OOI COMEDY.
Saaie ftw months ago, K. I). SJ-.'Mi'r,
die ci'iiinl 'candy maker found a car
ibou In an Oregon paper dealing with
tliB Kansas cyclones and some of the
after effects of the world-famous wind
tonus, and hi; mailed tills to u Knn-
tm friend. The friend n Kansa wait
ed Mb opportunity and finally ot Ceo.
Fil' h to assist I'll" In Betting back at
Mr. Snider, and Oregon at larg'V Now
George Itch has written many a read
able yarn aliout "Good OVil SI varh"
nd Sir. Selder's Joke on Kansas
prompted the appended take-off on
Oregon, appearing In the Topeka Cay
Hal: Oregon has been a slate for twenty
years but did not work seriously at It
antll a few years ngo, when it began
to have booms, expositions, progres
irlsni and constitutional conventions
all at the sinie time. It is now a mas
ive commonwealth with 700.000 peo
jie. t'.c initiative mid referendum, the
rroiH. three rival railroad systems,
7,f") real estate scents, and mnny oth
er features which make sleep during
besinss hours impossible within Its
SHirrtorsr.
Oregon lias been known ever since
Jlcesrs. Lewiit & Clark, the celebrated
explorer's team, discovered It In J804.
but It took half a century to find some
use for It. In 1SS0, Oregon was a
raw and unknown interior with a rim
of settled country around two sides. A
mil road rnn along these two sides and
allowed the 175.000 Orcgoulans a small
commission on their products, after
ductm ting freight charges. About this
time, however. It was discovered that
by supplying an ordin.i'-y apple tree
with an Irrigation ditch, a trained
nurse, a masseuse, an osteopath and
aofti music during the spring season,
the famous Oregon apple could be pro
duced. Since this discovery, Oregon
has grown rapidly and Is now covered
with happy agriculturists lowering red
apples out of ther pedigreed orchard
trees with their derricks and .shipping
them cast to fid! In Wall Street at fire
cents a bite.
Oregon till cooslata mostly ot des
ert and forest, but Is rapidly being
. ooiivoutionallzed by the saw mill and
flitf irrigating ditch. It abuts Califor
nia on the south and the Pacific ocean
on the west and is .successfully sep
arated from Washington by the Colum
bia river which Is still strongly Im
pregnated with the famous red salmon
which bave brought more gold to Ore
son than ils placer mines In the south
ern counties.
Oregon has a large variety of cli
mate. Including perpetual snow on
several extensive mountains, perpet
ual drouth In its Interior and perpetual
ttln In the vicinity of Portland, where
nmrellas are mado without any clos
ing device. Oregon people are enter
prising. Boclnble, and deeply interested
tn politics. Amending the constitu
tion Is the favorite Oregon amuse
ment, having practically displaced
Jiaseball. while public officials are so
dbnie that if a legislator wlsiies to
moke a cigarette ho does .so behind
flic woodshed where the stern eye of
the recall cannot see liltn.
fOl'HTESY AS AM ASSET.
Railway fompnulcs and other i".' -vie
service l-orporatlons are now l.ir
ing stress upon the valuo of courtesy
tow j nl the public. Some of thnr.i are
issuing circular letters of Instruction
to employes, not only us to the va'un
tut as to the nature of courtesy. One
of these, coming out of a st. Loul
rVIway office, bears evidence (f eman
ating from il polite mind, s.u!. as
knows, always, that the quality of
eourtesy Is never strained. "Courtej y
. te. to be distinguished from mere civil
ity." It says. "The latter won't do. It
short of the mark.'' An Illustration
then given of how a question enrf
Be answered civilly but not cittr'e
ot" y. because complete In the de
Ml needed lo reassure the questioner.
"fMi Is a One but nn eminetnl.' true
ne: just distinction. An Inquirer
about the train connections can be
left In a tbliker hare than before. If
Dip railway employe gives an answer
entirely clear to hi own mind but
confusing to that of the patron of the
ronrt who baa every reason and evrr
Mfht, to be fully Informed.
Bat after ail, the mitn In public
ervlee oorpnratlon employment who
to merely dvll la not the one who Is
the more responsible, for public Ill
feeling agniiiirt such organisations.
That odhitn fails most heavily upon
the thousands who have been neither
rlvl- nor courteous, bat arrogant and
BK .annered to the last trying de
gr How tawny millions. In the (
liquate, such cart bave lost to their
employers. In fanning a flame of pub
lic resentment against corporations
In general, can never be told. While
public service corporations were less
Interested In public service than poll
!8. the politician's pull swarmed
nany headquarters and minor stations
wlta ijersons feeling no responsibility
either to the public or to the corpora
tions themselves. As a rule, and ul
niost from the necessities of such a
case, meu and sometimes women,
holding by such a tenure, have felt
themselves under such a heavy weight
of obligation to the politicians who
were working their pulls, that, under
a law of equalization, they have had
to slough off any gen.e of obligation
they might otherwise have felt to
stockholders, or to the people the
stockholders are anxious to do busi
ness with. The condition Is glimpsed
in t!ie cinu'.ar before us, which, after
saying that while some of the loss and
depression has been due to restrictive
legislation, adds: "Put we' don't over
shoot the mark when we name lack
of courtesy on the part of employes
as next In line."
The mentor admits that patience
under difficulties Is not easy, but he
enjoins his readers to remember that
the larger the man the larger the
conrtsy. This Is hitting upon a vital,
not to say primal truth of life, whlcb
he concent rntes In the one sentence:
"No man Is too big to be courteous,
but iny men are too little." This Is
a piece of wisdom It world not be
amis? to print In large letter, frnme
and hang n the offices of all public
service corporations, as an admonition
alike to the public and the people they
deal with.
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1,'J'MBtWJ ffTI
Two steamers, the Martha Wash
ington and the Oceania of the Aus-tro-American
line, have sailed from
New York for Mediterranean ports to
test the plan of running passenger
steamers In pairs In order to Insure
gretter safety and to afford ample
means for rescue In case of accident,
as was suggested after the news of
the Titanic disaster was received.
With the malarial mosquito, the
pestilential fly, nnifthe plague-hearing
rat in the list of undesirable citizens,
where are we going to find adjectives
enough for our leading political scapegoats?
While we are engaged In building
monuments let's not forget the great
humanitarian who Invented the elec
tric fan aJid that other one who Is
responsible for the fly swatter.
WILD UPROAR LUSTS
(Continued from uage 1
J - - - , .
for Roosevelt was s.arted that lasted i
30 minutes. -J
Women. Crowd Galleries.
The galleries were crowded with
women spectators when the session
opened. Jane "Addams ot the Illinois
delegation was given an Impromptu
reception, scores of suffragettes and
others congratulating her on the
prominence she is giving the women's
cause.
Colorado Kcfiites Guggenheim
While the tumult was at Us height,
the Colorado delegation produced a
huge white banner Inscribed: "No
more Guggenheim; No more Devlne;
no more Anglearitby; down with the
bosses."
The convention adjourned at 3:55
to meet at 11 o'clock a. m. tomorrow.
English Thunder Stolen.
London, Aug. 6. Newspaper here
devote considerable space to discus
sions of the workmen's insurance fea-
.'i was brief and picturesque. lie
s;ii
;i!tlemen of the convention- The
..on r, and the man. Theodore Roo.e
velt." Koosevelt advanced to til? center
of 'be platform at oxactiv 1:10, and
r bitched the printed speech. Before
tx 'iu to the to m of tho speech the
colonel congratulated the'conventlon
cn the work It had performed, declar
ing the progressive party was dedi
cated to "Justice and fair play and
equality between man and man."
Woman Carried on Shoulders,
Mrs. M. K. Ferdinand, of Detroit,
with a huge "votes for women" ban
ner pinned across her breast, was
hoisted onto tho shoulders of four
Michigan men and curried about the
ball, ltoosevelt shook hands with
himself. Indicating that he would like
ta shake her by the hand.
At this tlmelbe allies were block
ed with shouting, cheering enthusi
asts who yelled In chorus. Edna Mars'
famous song. "Follow On." Roosevelt
sweat profusely, and mopped his
brow with a California bandana. A
doten confederate veterans mount to
the platform and shook hands with
Roosevelt. Mrs. Davis, who started
the Koosevelt-lladley demonstration
In the republican convention, was es
corted to the front ratling of the bal
cony behind the stage by Meyer Llss
ner. She waved a bandana and Colo
nel Roosevelt responded by giving
her "the railroad high sign" with his
bandana. Roosevelt blew his wtfe a
klsa as she was cheered. The dele
gates then gave her the Chautauqua
salute with handkerchiefs. She bow
ed her acknowledgments.
Chicago. Aug. 8 At 12:35 p. m. the
convention was called to order and at
It: 46 p. tn. Roosevelt appeared on
the stage. At l:t0 a demonstration
The . Gossard at
$3.50 Is a Real
Corset Bargain
ture of former Senator Beverldg.;'s,
speech as the temporary chairman of
the new National Progressive party
In the United States. The News
Leaders says that Roosevelt men
have borrowed the plumes of Chan
cellor Lloyd-George and other papers
also refer to the "theft of Lloyd
George's thunder."
In departure from the frnmal speech
which he made Just before plunging j
Into his prepared address Roosevelt
said "It was with real significance
that this convention should be opened
with music from fifes and drums by
men who faced death In their youth.
It was significant that beside them
sto6d men who wore the gray. While
I stood there two men came over. One
said he was a rebel 'Johnnie' and the
other declared he was a 'Yank.' 'But,'
they chimed In, 'we are now both
Americans, both progressives and we
are facing the father."'
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cents a pound. Call Red 202. 8-C-3t
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The Gossard front lace corset
has always sold at $5. op to
this year.
It Is worth more than 15 to
the woman who appreciates the
style and solid comfort she en
joys In tht Oossard the one
right corset
The great demand for the Oos
sard has enabled the makers, by
doabllng their output, to lower
the price to 13.50, walls keep
lag p the high quality that has
made the Oossard America's su
preme corset
A complete Una always oa
aaad. ' Pries 3.60 to 8.60.
It you need a new corset tels
tooas Red 1ML
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